#arma3_launcher

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languid siren
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I found a fix, ill try to find it again

rugged cobalt
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I did the ACF file hack and it stopped it. Basically manually copied all files from downloads. My biggest problem is that the Arma 3 Launcher has a limit of 3020 mods? But I have subscribed to MORE than that. Then it goes FIFO, first in, first installed and the rest after 3021 are WAITING to have their folder names created in !workshop folder so the launcher can actually "list and see it".

languid siren
rugged cobalt
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But my ARMA 3 Launcher still does NOT show all the mods I have physically installed on my SSD from Steam Workshop. There is a limit listing it in the launcher I think. OR it is a Steam Workshop issue.

languid siren
rugged cobalt
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No, but the mods downloaded after the limit are installed but A3 Launcher hangs when it tries to create the shortcut in the !workshop folder. So not sure how it would show it.

vale lake
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I made an unit and theres some blocked features, how to unblock it ?

ashen heath
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Confirm email?

wispy moth
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Okay, so I've had this weird issue lately which causes me to be unable to create new presets using ".html" files the error message I get is "Unable to import preset". Any help will be greatly appreciated. Can you please @ me if you respond

karmic imp
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I'm currently having a very strange problem where my launcher is registering the game as open despite the fact my computer has been turned off and then on again twice now, Steam shut down numerous times and the launcher closed and reopened, I am very confused

winged whale
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Hey I need the mod "FETT_FatTrack" for my server.
However, I can't find it anywhere.
Does anyone know where to find or download it?

karmic imp
vernal salmon
languid siren
vernal salmon
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I did.

tropic prawn
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Hi! I was wondering, is it possible to get an option to sort active mod in the launcher? Maybe tags, alphabetically or other criteria? It would be easier to get the same mod order between units member (especially when many are loaded)

frail mica
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the order in the launcher resembles the order in which the game loads the mods. this used to be essential in the past that certain mods had to be launched in a specific order, not sure if this is still the case. newer mods solved this like the vanilla game with loadorder classes that define the loading order, but older mods don't have that.
so, sorting the mods that are loaded in the launcher might cause game issues
@tropic prawn

tropic prawn
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Yes, but me and my friend have a problem that if the mods aren't load in the exact same order we can't ear each other gunshots. Reading around in the forum I've read is a know problem, but it's annoying to order 96 mod every time we decide to change a bunch of them. That's why I was asking

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But i know is a very niche request, so I'll understand if the devs don't want to spend time on it

frail mica
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you can save mod presets, and afaik they also save the order.
you can load the preset, delete one mod, load another mod, place it in order and all that in a matter of seconds

celest notch
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I was playing arma 3 for a while and it was working, but recently it just doesn't launch. It goes through the launch, loading addons, etc, then the launcher just disappears
I can go to the mods section in the launcher and it says the game is going, and I can close the game from there
Arma 3 is in my task manager but is using 0% resources

rugged cobalt
tidal iris
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Heya, is there a way to disable the automatic updates or perhaps switch back to an older mod version in the launcher yet?

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I'm asking because we play a mission in our group every weekend and I'm afraid someday an larger mod update releases shortly before we start and then people can't join (slow internet, different mod versions, ...)

lyric elm
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negative

tidal iris
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😭

rugged cobalt
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New issue with the ARMA 3 Launcher. Over the past 2 weeks, I see launcher creating between 1-4 new symbolic links so some of the older subscribed mods now show up in the Launcher. Problem is, some even older mods are being DELISTED like CUP CORE, RHS, CBA, etc... The mods itself are still in the x:Steam\steamapps\workshop\content\107410\ folder and being updated. Just passing it along to the launcher team to review. I did not UNSUBSCRIBE from any mods to keep my mods intact.

cold crown
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been years since i played arma3, how do i select/play with mods again? is there something like a launcher i have to have?

sterile moth
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Yeah...? You have it

broken shard
hollow urchin
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how to join a server with the TS + the password and whatever i'm starting to break a lead !!!!!

sterile moth
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Ask the server owner

hollow urchin
rotund raven
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So Arma's decided to redownload all of my mods again

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This is the second time this week

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No idea what's going on

turbid brook
rotund raven
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Thanks

grand summit
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Weird thing just happened - launcher tells me all mods were updated, but none were downloaded. Yes all of them have "updated" behind them.

timber folio
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Does that to me all the time when going between different launchers for the various dev/stable etc. installations I have for the game. Presumably there's a log file somewhere that caches the current status of the launcher

grand summit
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I see. I did buy Globo during the sale, perhaps that had sth to do with it

lyric elm
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Probably battleye.
You can disable battleye.

Are you running a windows 10 preview version?

short dust
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Hi somoen play arma3 now maybe ??

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I just find play with someone …

zinc aspen
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Depends on what you play, I just usually play Warlords, and occasionally some Escape or Combat Patrols.

frail mica
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!lfg

vapid haloBOT
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Are you looking to play with people?
pick one channel:
#looking_for_game to tell others you want to play
#looking_for_unit to tell others you are looking for a group
#communities_arma3 to browse through advertised groups

Note: Please follow the templates in those channels (if applicable), and don't use them for discussions.

zinc aspen
rugged cobalt
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Hey BIS, happy weekend. I still have the launcher issue where it does not show all steam workshop subscribed mods, but I now have the old problem where STEAM is "trying" to install a bunch of the workshop mods but only if I launch the game. It does this for an annoying 10-15 mins for me. It does NOT do this if I launch STEAM, it would download and update mods automatically with no problems, nor does it do this if I start the launcher into the desktop. It only does it right after the game starts. It also does it again if I close ARMA, and restart it such as switching between SP or MP, or MP to another MP server. I did try that hack to update the appworkshop_107410.acf file but it still does it. Hope you guys can advise some steps to solve it.

mortal bluff
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When i launch arma 3 launcher then im in the main menu in the game the main menu is big, how do i put it back to where it would be normal

broken shard
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might be part of the display settings too tho

lyric ruin
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Or try resolution

mortal bluff
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Yes @broken shard

broken shard
timid blaze
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hey I've had a weird bug, when I open arma from the launcher an empty bulldozer window opens instead
anyone had this before?

broken shard
timid blaze
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oh thats odd
there is a parameter line for an empty bulldozer window
now I can surely fix it but I still don't understand how it happened

broken shard
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weird

grand summit
kind plover
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More common on pcs with less powerful processors in it.

grand summit
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ok interesting. I mean I know a 2700x isn't that great of a CPU nowadays but it's not really struggling usually neither with launcher or Arma.

kind plover
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Sometimes arma is just smooth brain

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But ive been on low core computers for a few years. The black boxes i uave seen

unborn mulch
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I've got an issue with ace where i try to launch Arma whenever it's loaded on the modloader it will come up saying

File z\ace\addons\field_rations\CfgVehicle.hpp, line 21: '/CfgVehicles/Land_WaterBarrel_F.XGVAR': '(' encountered instead of '='

lyric elm
unborn mulch
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@lyric elm but it was only comes up when acemod is loaded it has nothing to do with other mods

lyric elm
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it has something to do with other mods.

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The "outdated bad ACE compat mod" is breaking ACE

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Not really ACE's fault that some other mod is breaking them

grand summit
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Added another image to my "Launcher not responding" issue. CPU is running at 3.7+ GHz and I've never seen any similar behavior with other game launchers or applications. It's only the A3 game launcher that does this.

hollow urchin
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How many mods do you have? I've had times where too many mods hangs the launcher for a bit. Lmao

grand summit
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A reasonable amount of 127 mods.

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Usually only 27-30 are in use though

torpid estuary
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any1 know how to install mods without steam

sterile moth
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Drag and drop the Mod folder

torpid estuary
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more in depth?

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how do i get to mod folder

sterile moth
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Whatever you got. I don't know where the source of the Mod you want to install, but if you have it in your local computer, just drag and drop it into the Launcher

torpid estuary
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ok cool

hollow urchin
grand summit
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Hard drive is ok so far and it's a Kingston HyperX SSd

hollow urchin
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Have you tried verifying files?

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Do you have any extra parameters on? I also have a 2700x CPU as well

grand summit
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About a week ago I think I usually do it after some mods update. Yes params are -high, large page support and windows allocator

hollow urchin
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Ah

lyric elm
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-high parameter doesn't exist. I don't know where people get that from

hollow urchin
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Windows allocator
Are you talking about the Memory Allocator?

grand summit
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yes regular windows allocator

hollow urchin
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So you don't have the parameter checkboxed, correct?

grand summit
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Memory Allocator (64-Bit) [X] and then it says "Windows Allocator (system)

hollow urchin
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Okay so you're not using any of the other Allocators

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Hmm.

grand summit
grand summit
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Removed it mate πŸ™‚

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first time for about 12 years or so lol

hollow urchin
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Lol

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Still having issues @grand summit ?

grand summit
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It's happening randomly so I can't tell, mayble like every 5th time

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Once it's launched the first time it doesn't occur afterwards

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Someone said it's just Arma being Arma so I can live with that πŸ™‚

mortal bluff
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So whenever im in game, I put my mouse cursor over a unit and it isn't directly on it and won't let me click it

fresh bluff
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that doesnt seem like a launcher issue?

sterile moth
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One thought just came to my mind... is it possible (or ever considered/enough to consider today) to make a β€œMods group” feature? e.g. if I'd like to enable the set of 4 RHSes, I can do that with one click since I made the group of it. Or is it called PRESET?

rugged cobalt
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I am unsure if I should ask this here or in #arma3_questions but I use the launcher to launch into 3den directly to edit missions, then also launch a dedicated server locally on the same PC to test it. But is there a way to use the preset or gui to select "serverside" mods only? So say mods XYZ are optional? like Blastcore? When I test my mission, I see other users trying to join, I allow this, but they get booted because the server does not make some mods optional? I did see the serverside parameter option but I have to type in all the mod directories manually instead of selecting it via the launcher? or is there another launcher I can use that would allow client, server and server side optional mods setting?

drowsy junco
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-serverMod=...

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not sure if A3 launcher has an export

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however you can get the list via rpt log file

turbid brook
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because the server does not make some mods optional?
But making mods optional is not done by using the -serverMod flag but by copying the right mod keys to the /keys folder, so I'm not sure if you're really asking for what you actually want

rugged cobalt
turbid brook
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Ugh... sorry, I guess? 😊

atomic granite
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I downloaded like 40 mods

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And loaded 29

cold harness
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The launcher does not start for me

atomic granite
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Now there's something telling me File z\ace\addons\field_rations\CfgVehicles.hpp, line 21:
'/CfgVehicles/Land_waterbarrel_F.XGVAR': '(' encountered
instead of '='

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help

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something about ace fucks my game up and doesn't let me play

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I just wanna play SW: opposition main pack

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wait a second

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let me try something

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bro i have to close PIR

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Bruhhhhhhhhhhhh

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anddd it crashed again

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SW: Opposition is ass

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Mostly ace

lyric elm
atomic granite
last moth
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Is there a parameter to make the game keep playing sound while not in focus?

lyric elm
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no

granite jackal
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linking bohemia account to steam not working?

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sign in with steam on the registration page takes to the steam page where I sign in, then when I select "Sign In" it takes me back to the registration page in bohemia

grand summit
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From where does the launcher get the "required mods" number from a server? We have two servers, one live and one for test, both share same modset and string. Both have all 28 mods loaded on startup, but for live server the launcher shows 27 and for test it's 28 mods (28 is the correct amount). Counting the mods loaded, modstring and comparing it with the mods listed in the logfiles. It's not a huge issue and we can connect with all 28 mods even though it just says 27 but I'm just wondering what could cause this

lyric elm
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it gets it from the modlist Β―_(ツ)_/Β―

grand summit
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Weird. As I said it's not a biggie so I'm not even going to try to find out what is going on. Mods listed in details are 28, even though it just says 27 ... oh well πŸ™‚

hollow urchin
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ok can someone post an actual answer on how to download mods

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it simply is impossible, ive repaired, restarted, waited for 40 minutes

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yet this one mod isnt downloading at all

small plank
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What mod is it?

raw glade
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@hollow urchin you just subscribe to them in steam and when you go into the launcher you go to your mods tab on the left and click it, go back to dashboard and click play with mods in the bottom left

languid siren
rugged cobalt
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Compos appears under 3den when you go into it to be placed down obto ajy terrain. It should not show up under the launcher.

primal hawk
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Everytime i download a map mod for arma 3, my game crashes AFTER its done loading every mod, this has been going on and off? What the hell is this fix for this? (Ill get pics of my mods if needed to)

sterile moth
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!rpt

vapid haloBOT
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Arma RPT

Arma generates a .rpt log file each time it's run, which contains a lot of information like the loaded mods, or any errors that appear, this log file can be very useful for troubleshooting problems.

To get to your RPT files press Windows+R and enter %localappdata%/Arma 3

Additionally see the wiki page for more info: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://sqfbin.com/ to upload the full log, that way the people helping you can take a look at it and try to figure out the problem you're having together with you.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

sterile moth
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What the rpt says?

primal hawk
bleak isle
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Everytime I import a mod pack it keeps saying that all of the mods are corrupted.

frail mica
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I import a mod pack
elaborate @bleak isle

bleak isle
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so I unsubscribed to all my steam mods because I wanted to move it to my other drive. I made an export of all these mods before doing so. Now when I try to import it at least 95% of the mods are corrupted.

frail mica
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likely because the new location doesn't match the old path. repair them via the launcher then

bleak isle
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That is going to be a problem

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I have 900 mods

frail mica
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i hope you got no other plans for today

bleak isle
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Lol rip

frail mica
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Β―_(ツ)_/Β―

bleak isle
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thanks anyways ill slowly repair them all

primal hawk
sterile moth
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Then verify your game

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!steamverify

vapid haloBOT
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Steam file verification process:
Right Click on game -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of game files
Mod repair process:
Open Launcher -> Right Click on mod -> Repair

primal hawk
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Alr

shut bane
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My game keeps saying unable to load in the launcher, I've verified my files and still no luck

frail mica
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Post a Screenshot of the full error message on imgur and share the link here

fresh bluff
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ThisHere Or make a ticket on FT you can upload images etc there too πŸ‘

visual ocean
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So I am busy installing mods. But the mods that is finished installing is all stuck at "working" any help?

cosmic sierra
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Launcher says Arma 3 Units data acquisition failed, also yesterday i couldn't access units page, i can access the units page today.

lyric elm
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Units dies everytime too many people play Arma

gilded lichen
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"Suffering from success"

pure scroll
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Well, at least it ain't my crappy internet connection that's the issue.

prisma elk
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it wont let me launch the game

turbid brook
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Provide more info

prisma elk
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it will open the launcher and i hit play and nothing happens and i cant close the launcher after that

turbid brook
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!rpt

vapid haloBOT
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Arma RPT

Arma generates a .rpt log file each time it's run, which contains a lot of information like the loaded mods, or any errors that appear, this log file can be very useful for troubleshooting problems.

To get to your RPT files press Windows+R and enter %localappdata%/Arma 3

Additionally see the wiki page for more info: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://sqfbin.com/ to upload the full log, that way the people helping you can take a look at it and try to figure out the problem you're having together with you.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

cosmic sierra
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there is 12k players playing so i don't think its too many ppl online

lyric elm
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Won't fix currently

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Don't expect a fix till next year

merry gulch
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Hello, my friend got a problem

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Yesterday i sent him a modpack of 52 mods and he started downloading them (subscribed to all of them)

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Everything seemed normal but in the evening he turned off his computer and today in the morning the download didn't resume

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Launcher says that it's waiting for download

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There's the button to force download but it just brings up the window saying that the launcher is waiting for steam

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Any suggestions?

wraith plaza
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all of my mods are corrupted

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suddenly

wraith plaza
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ok i found a forum, thank the fucking gods

vital bramble
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Is there any way to prune unused mods (remove mods which are not used by any currently saved presets)?

hollow urchin
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Good morning y'all. I've come across something with one our guys where they've downloaded a HTML for a mod list but when they go to Import it, it doesn't show the .html file at all? I've never come across this in all my years of Arma. Lol. Anyone have any ideas?

runic tiger
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uhh, is he sure he downloaded a html file that actually is the preset, not something else?

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also if it doesn't appear after clicking "Import" in the dropdown menu he could just drag the preset onto the launcher window

hollow urchin
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Yes and yes

runic tiger
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and after dragging the preset nothing happens?

hollow urchin
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Correct. Lol

runic tiger
hollow urchin
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I've had him verify files too

runic tiger
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if he tries to create a simple preset, export it and then import, does it work?

hollow urchin
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That, not as of yet. He's currently offline getting some sleep. But we'll have him try that next

lyric elm
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Did anyone else experience this:
Have modfolder in arma folder, for example @RHSAFRF
once you subscribe to the mod with the EXACT same name on steam workshop, Arma launcher seems to delete the @RHSAFRF modfolder from your Arma directory?

sterile moth
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Does Arma folder mean where the arma3_x64.exe is?

lyric elm
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yes

sterile moth
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Let me see if I can reproduce similar

lyric elm
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basically if it creates a @mod folder in !Workshop, and you also have a @mod folder with same name in Arma folder already, it seems to just delete the one in Arma folder.

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I got report from my unit about mods randomly disappearing and they say its Arma Launcher

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If it really is I'll probably fix that, I don't see why one would do that

sterile moth
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Just made a @3den Enhanced and a dummy.pbo which is a 0kb file inside the addons. Subscribed it. It's gone

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So yes, I could reproduce

lyric elm
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notlikemeow why it do that

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Thanks

sterile moth
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Fix hammer is on its way

hollow urchin
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Are y'all just putting the mod directly into the Arma 3 folder directly?

lyric elm
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My unit uses their own launcher (as do many others) and to keep things simple (and prevent duplicate downloads) we use the exact same modfolder name as the workshop variant of the mod.
And from time to time people complain about their mods mysteriously disappearing and having to be redownloaded

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I guess I now know who's fault that is D:

turbid brook
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Isn't this so that -mod=@RHSAFRF would unambiguously point to the newly subscribed workshop mod instead of the one that you already have on disk? I don't fully remember the mod resolution path right now πŸ€”

lyric elm
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no that wouldn't work

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-mod=!Workshop\@RHSAFRF
vs
-mod=@RHSAFRF

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one doesn't magically point to the other, they are seperate mod paths

turbid brook
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So the launcher passes in the full relative path to the mod? Okay, I didn't remember that. I thought that Arma3.exe had some kind of name resolution algorithm (if directory not present, then search for it in !Workshop)

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If so, then that really doesn't make sense

outer meadow
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Anyone ever seen a situation where one person tries to start the game with a modlist that's confirmed to load fine for everyone else, but on their end it stops loading at "Loading Profile Options" and never loads the game? I've had them delete their profile in their my documents folder, verify integrity of game files thru steam, and nothing's working. They can load in vanilla just fine, but not with the modlist I gave them even though I and everyone else can

ornate ruin
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Anyone know what " The cloud file provider exited unexpectedly" is

frail mica
tame mesa
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Dunno if this is the right place for it, but I am having an issue with a mod where I can't load it from the launcher even though the server I am trying to join requires said mod. I know that the mod I am trying to load has the right mod.cpp and meta.cpp files and is signed correctly, but for some reason when I try to join the server and the setup modlist option shows up, it won't give me the option to download it.

mortal bluff
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I reinstalled arma 3 and its saying my mods are "corrupted" when they say ready just not updated, and i'm having to repair manually one by one, is there a way to fix each of these faster

light quarry
mortal bluff
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ok

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how

drowsy junco
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is it "common" for the A3 launcher to loose the favs for parameters? (but param settings are still present)

drowsy junco
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seems the launcher can no longer store or load them here..

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[ WARN]InsituUgcModSynchronizationStrategy: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.
Parameter name: String
at System.Number.StringToNumber(String str, NumberStyles options, NumberBuffer& number, NumberFormatInfo info, Boolean parseDecimal)
at System.Number.ParseUInt64(String value, NumberStyles options, NumberFormatInfo numfmt)
at Utils.GameData.MetaCppReader.Helper.GetUint64(IEnumerable1 dic, String name) at Utils.GameData.MetaCppReader.Cast(ICollection1 keyValuePairs)
at Utils.GameData.MetaCppReader.Load(String path)
at Launcher.Extensions.InsituUgcModSynchronizationStrategy.DetectChanges(ExtensionInfo extension, String installDirectoryBySteam)
[ WARN] 100: InsituUgcModSynchronizationStrategy: System.ArgumentNullException: Value cannot be null.

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[ERROR]ServerBrowser.Service: Can't add parse server '95.156.250.101:118000': System.OverflowException: Value was either too large or too small for a UInt16.
at System.UInt16.Parse(String s, NumberStyles style, NumberFormatInfo info)
at Launcher.Steam.Servers.BiServersList.<Translate>d__26.MoveNext()

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are the only to non INFO in the logs

drowsy junco
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where are the launcher settings stored?

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C:\Users\XXX\AppData\Local\Arma 3 Launcher doesnt seem to be it

lyric elm
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local/Bohemia_Interactive/arma3launcher*

drowsy junco
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ty πŸ‘ will keep an eye on it to see if it helps narrow down the issue of forgetting the settings

astral spindle
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How to change arma unit when unit website down?

latent sonnet
remote lance
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Game had been running fine for the past week stopped playing due to work came back and game ran poorly and eventually crashed to desktop after opening the launcher i got a error saying "arma 3 Unit data acquisition failed" in red text and will not go away please give some advice

I've looked everywhere and can only find dead posts from years back

If your gonna just say "ohhh verify game files"

1.ive tried several times to no avail
2.ive reinstalled the game twice once using steam and and 2nd being a full wipe

So please if you actually know whats wrong please help and man out

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Also sonetimes i get a little pop up sayif corrupted user settings even though i have deleted my profile i used

lyric elm
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yes arma 3 units is down. But that doesn't stop you from playing

latent sonnet
remote lance
remote lance
latent sonnet
remote lance
latent sonnet
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Sure. https://armasquads.com/

That's the official armasquads (not official in terms of BI), I also host my squad there. I believe that everything is straightforward, but if you're running into any problems feel free to @ me.

lyric elm
woven wasp
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I've got a constantly recurring bug with the launcher which started about a week ago. No matter which preset I attempt to load, the launcher will always launch the game with a particular set of mods (one of my presets). Even when I select "Play without mods or optional DLC" button, the launcher will still launch the game with this particular set of mods.
Very strange, never had an issue with the launcher before (been using it since it was first released) and I have no idea what change my have caused this recurring issue.

latent sonnet
woven wasp
latent sonnet
rose dust
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I'm going to report my problem here, seems more fitting. my game worked fine without issue for 4k hours, and whilst i was editing a mission in eden it crashed. ever since, the game has been freezing on startup and not making any progress past the arma 3 splash screen. i have tried the following fixes:
-updated the drivers
-deleted cache.ch
-re-installed the game
-updated windows
-ran the game with malloc=system command
-launched the game with no background processes running
-started the game with "skip intro logos" off

i am not the only one who seems to be having this issue:
#arma3_troubleshooting message
#arma3_troubleshooting message

(plz help, i have an Operation scheduled for friday and i can't run it with broken game πŸ™πŸ» )
I'm not running any mods btw, this is pure vanilla

drowsy junco
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@rose dust #arma3_troubleshooting is probably a better place
you can try with -host or -connect or to launch directly to editor
also a new profile might be worth trying -name=test

rose dust
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I did put this in #arma3_troubleshooting but i got ignored πŸ₯²
I will try ur suggestion in 7 hours when I'm home.

drowsy junco
rose dust
amber lion
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Launcher returns an error when fetching units. Fix?

worthy knot
vivid yarrow
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isnt that an issue since like 1 week

latent sonnet
#

Yes it is and there is no fix. The official services are not working properly / are not online atm. You'll have to wait until it's fixed. This will not prevent you from playing the game at all.

amber lion
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As is, it does not look very professional. If a fix is not possible than maybe remove a feature that does not function might be the better option than presenting it, makes new comers think it's a "ghost house".

latent sonnet
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That is true, however there's no official statement on the outage of ArmA Units afaik. I don't see any reason that a game that isn't actively developed anymore has to remove every feature that is broken.

lyric elm
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there will be a statement about it

trim wedge
#

Ah so it's not just me. I was about to report the issue.

supple kernel
#

You'd just be practicing.

trim wedge
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Is the units system still down?

latent sonnet
untold dagger
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it wont let me launch the game and just says arma 3 closed in a unusual manner

tame jasper
#

what data points does the steam launcher look at to determine if the mod is available, missing or unavailable?

broken shard
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hm what could cause the launcher to re-verify every mod I'm subscribed to every time its launched?

mortal bluff
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I’m having an issue with my arma 3

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Is anyone able to Dm me

turbid brook
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Because i think the launcher timeout should be set to 3 seconds. Otherwise it makes no sense to wait any longer for that domain name

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Like, seriously, 3 seconds is the maximum a regular user is willing to wait for.
And how many % of requests are over 3 seconds and are actually successful? I'm guessing it's something around 0.001%

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If it takes more than 3 seconds to access units.arma3.com, then you can be sure it will actually timeout

lyric elm
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launcher has no specific timeout

drowsy junco
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SteamLayer: Found item with no tags. PublishedId=XXX

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seems the launcher is expecting a tag to recognize a mod item

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when you do the initial upload directly via steamCMD + vdf file, the item wont have a tag

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more specifically the itemType is not set judging from the A3 publisher

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also A3 launcher expects also 32bit extension - is this requirement really still necessary?

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is it intentional that "visibility" is missing unlisted?

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worth making tickets for these?

lyric elm
lyric elm
lyric elm
drowsy junco
blazing bane
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Guys to be honest i dont know if this is the location to ask these questions, if not let me know and i'll change it.:

So im using Tadst for my server but i add 31 mods and the launcher transmits all the mods that the server has, after i add one more mod it doesnt transmit as well. But if i change one mod to another it shows again, like there is no problem with the mods and i wanted to add at least more 5 mods and after 31 mods the launcher doesn't transmit more data, how do i make it transmit all the data ?

turbid brook
blazing bane
turbid brook
#

!rpt

vapid haloBOT
#
Arma RPT

Arma generates a .rpt log file each time it's run, which contains a lot of information like the loaded mods, or any errors that appear, this log file can be very useful for troubleshooting problems.

To get to your RPT files press Windows+R and enter %localappdata%/Arma 3

Additionally see the wiki page for more info: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://sqfbin.com/ to upload the full log, that way the people helping you can take a look at it and try to figure out the problem you're having together with you.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

blazing bane
#

!rpt

vapid haloBOT
#
Arma RPT

Arma generates a .rpt log file each time it's run, which contains a lot of information like the loaded mods, or any errors that appear, this log file can be very useful for troubleshooting problems.

To get to your RPT files press Windows+R and enter %localappdata%/Arma 3

Additionally see the wiki page for more info: https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Crash_Files

To share an rpt log here, please use a website like https://sqfbin.com/ to upload the full log, that way the people helping you can take a look at it and try to figure out the problem you're having together with you.
Note: RPT logs can hold personal information relevant to your system, the game or others.

blazing bane
turbid brook
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Then I don't know what this could be

blazing bane
# turbid brook Then I don't know what this could be

I found more .rpt files in a different location it starts with : (the latest one)
" 2:49:45 SteamAPI initialization failed. Steam features won't be accessible!
2:49:46 Initializing stats manager.
2:49:46 Stats config disabled.
2:49:46 sessionID: 0f24812e87c2aa0885a882a44e8cba92e409db67"

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where do i send the .rpt so anyone could tell me what is wrong ?

blazing bane
fading swift
#

So ughhh..... My launcher decided it wanted to go bye bye and just stop working while I was in Arma...

dense saffron
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happens

thin snow
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my launcher keeps having errors i have been trying for weeks but nothing works i have some pics of the errors

frail mica
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@thin snow
reinstall vcredist for 2013 and 2015/2017/2019

thin snow
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i did 7 times

frail mica
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did you do a clean OS install as proposed earlier?

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because your OS is F-ed big time

thin snow
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i reinstalled all my files

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i mean uninstalled

frail mica
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you must do a OS wipe and install a clean instance of windows

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as i said, your OS (windows) is F-ed

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and iirc you never did a clean install since you got the PC

thin snow
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But the thing is it only happens on some apps and on arma i can launch the game but not the launcher

frail mica
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doesn't matter where and when it happens. your error message and 7 failed attempts of reinstalling vcredist proofs that our OS is simply fucked

thin snow
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@frail mica do i also need to download x86

frail mica
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it depends on your OS. is it 32bit (x86) or 64bit (x64)?
it can only be either one of it

thin snow
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64

daring carbon
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Boys, I'm having some problems starting Arma, it says ''it looks like the application configuration file is missing'', does anyone have a fix? Couldnt find anything on reddit and yt. It's been like this for 3 months now and I'm really desperate

drowsy junco
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@daring carbon does the launcher come up or just the game bugs out?

daring carbon
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but if I start the game from the arma3.exe it works just fine, just cant use the mods

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and thats the problem, I want to make some Editor Maps with mods

frail mica
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@daring carbon reinstall vcredist for 2013

daring carbon
frail mica
daring carbon
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alright I translated it in english

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I just need to reinstall the 2013 version right?

frail mica
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It doesn't hurt to get 2015/2017/2019 as well

daring carbon
daring carbon
daring carbon
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can anyone send me theirs?

steady timber
#

Hey all, don't really know if this is the right place to ask with a server issue. I currently have a server set up on Arma 3 with a custom workshop addon. When I have a friend join the server through the launcher, I would expect the launcher to be able to automatically subscribe to the addon through the "setup mods" feature. However, it does not provide an option for subscribing to the addon via workshop. It leaves it up to the user to find the addon. In the workshop addon's meta.cpp, I do have a publishedid option as specified in the Arma 3 wiki. Currently unsure on how to fix this issue. Thanks

drowsy junco
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@steady timber might want to drop the link to your workshop mod and server, so people can check directly

steady timber
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All it literally is is just ACE with some removed components

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its easier to upload it to the workshop rather than telling my friends to go and remove pbos themselves lol

drowsy junco
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the upload looks fine

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was it self hosted or dedicated server?

steady timber
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64 bit linux

drowsy junco
#

you could ask in #server_linux as well just to rule out its not a server problem

wooden flume
#

hi guys i need help because i can't find a way to do it, how i allocate more ram memory to arma? i enabled memory allocator in the launcher but now what do i do? i have 32 gb of ram and 6vram and would like to allocate some more to arma 3 while playing

wooden flume
frail mica
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the OS / allocator manages distribution of memory. arma takes as much as it needs. same for VRAM

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@wooden flume

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you don't / can't add "more RAM usage" to arma and get a better "performance"

wooden flume
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oh alright, then are there some options to do to increase fps from launcher? i have a 1660 super and a ryzen 5 3600, for now i enabled all thread extra options and instead of 1 cores i allocated 2

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cause normal game goes kinda well with vanilla options, but modding decreases the fps so i started watching vids to change some options

frail mica
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just do not touch the parameters at all. the OS knows what it has to do.
bad FPS are usually related to slow and weak RAM.

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in the game graphics settings use "autodetection"

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you should get around +40FPS

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if not, get better and faster RAM. that's about all you can do

wooden flume
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cuz my motherboard doesn’t support ddr5 ram

frail mica
#

it's OK as long as it is CL14-14-14-34

lyric elm
wooden flume
wooden flume
lyric elm
#

You could also just not set the option and Arma automatically chooses what it thinks is best (taking all your cores)

wooden flume
frail mica
meager lantern
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No

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It’s getting worse at CL21

indigo kindle
#

weird question. So i redownloaded arma a week or so ago, and i tried to download some new mods to try. But when I load arma from the launcher it only loads me to the boheima presents page and then freezes. everysingle time i load from the launcher it does this, but when i DONT use the launcher the game loads but without the downloaded mods??. Its been doing this for a couple days now anyone know if myy download is just screwed up or what. Thanks

wooden flume
frail mica
#

recommendation:
g.skill trident z 3200MHz CL14-14-14-34 dual dimm kit (2x16GB)
if you got some money:
g.skill trident z 3600MHz CL14-14-14-34 dual dimm kit (2x16GB)

night wren
#

@frail mica Do you happen to have a recommendation for a full PC build to just run Arma 3 at 40-60 FPS, but nothing more powerful?

frail mica
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but nothing more powerful?
i don't get that part

night wren
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If I use a Geforce 3080, I get 60 FPS.
If I use a Geforce 2070 Super, I get 60 FPS.

What's is the weakest GPU that may still get 60 FPS in Arma?

Same question for CPU.

frail mica
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you might get 80FPS in single player, but in multiplayer it's gonna be for server A: 35FPS, server B: 48FPS, server C: 57FPS server D: 15FPS, and so on...
there is no "60FPS in arma"

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and it doesn't matter much if you got a 2060 or a 3090

night wren
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Thats my point

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I am assuming that we are operating in a controlled environment, such as singleplayer vanilla.

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If you want to get more granular, assume the infantry showcase.

frail mica
#

arma priorities as follows:
CPU (single core clock) > RAM (High speed, low CL timing) > GPU (anything since RTX is basically trowing money out a window) > drive (SSD over HDD)

#

never build a rig just for one game. build a rig that lasts you at least 4-5y for gaming

#

it doesn't have to be high end

night wren
#

Agreed.

An interesting scenario:

  1. Player loves Arma and willing to put in the 10,000 hours like many Arma vets do (meaning not really playing other games)
  2. GPU prices are too high to play other FPS games anyway. Can get GTX 1060 at a reasonable price, runs Arma just as well
frail mica
#

i'd go for a 20XX at least

night wren
#

Good to know! πŸ˜‹

wooden flume
woven wasp
#

Has there been any reported issues about the launcher's "command line" option under parameters sometimes being enabled without reason? I've had it 3-4 times now where that command line option has mysteriously been enabled without me doing it and I don't know what causes it to sometimes happen.

night wren
hollow urchin
#

Most graphic settings are set to its highest, but Terrain is set to "High" and the FSAA is 2x and the fps is that

#

Loving arma 3

night wren
hollow urchin
#

Resoltuon is fullscreen, 60 Hz 1920x1080 (1080p)

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Loving arma 3

night wren
hollow urchin
void elk
frail mica
#

1337 would have been waaaaaaay more LEET

night wren
#

@hollow urchin report back when youre view distance is corrected

hollow urchin
night wren
#

πŸ˜„

hollow urchin
#

fr

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leet gang

orchid sandal
#

How do you get rid of modpacks that you delete but still stay their when you close arma

hollow urchin
#

arma launcher > mods

worn bronze
#

is there a way to run diag exe with a3 launcher?

turbid brook
worn bronze
#

i tried and it worked!

paper knot
#

i cant start up arma 3?

#

every time I click play in the launcher I get a popup with "The cloud file provider is not running."

lyric elm
#

"The cloud file provider is not running."
Just type that into google

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its microsoft onedrive

hollow urchin
# paper knot every time I click play in the launcher I get a popup with "The cloud file provi...

For more information - Your profile is saved to a cloud storage service that is not running when you tried to start arma.

There are two ways to solve this - One, open onedrive or your other cloud storage and leave them running while you play.

Or two - open your cloud storage and right click on the Arma folder in your documents folder, and click "Always keep on this device". This method will prevent it offloading your save games to save space, and will prevent this in the future.

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The method of saving to your device I provided is for onedrive, it might be different for services such as Dropbox or Google Drive.

left furnace
#

I have a problem with the launcher; I'll click the yellow play button, but nothing will happen. It'll also make the noise associated with a pop-up you have to acknowledge when I click, but there is no visible pop-up or button to press.

#

It is now saying Units data acquisition failed

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I am a new player

lament yacht
#

welcome to Arma then :P

#

Sometimes with the launcher you get a dialog stuck behind the main window. Easiest to just restart it then.

left furnace
#

I've sorted it; I'm technically a returning player as I once installed it but never played it, but I needed to reselect the BattlEye agreement

static summit
#

hi i have a problem here anyone knows how to help? when i try to launch game it show up: include file a3\io_f\hpp\defineDIKCodes.inc not found.

night wren
ruby glade
#

!steamverify

vapid haloBOT
#

Steam file verification process:
Right Click on game -> Local Files -> Verify Integrity of game files
Mod repair process:
Open Launcher -> Right Click on mod -> Repair

ruby glade
#

@static summit

teal mist
#

Hi I'm having a problem with the mod "Hatchet H-60 pack - Development Version" It is saying it is Corrupted and I have Deleted the mod folder re subscribed and restarted steam and Verified files and its still corrupted I went to the mod discord and they were unable to help me so now I am here.

ruby glade
#

Also what do you mean it is saying it's corrupted?

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Give the exact message

teal mist
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It was a red exclamation mark and at the bottom it said mods with red exclamation marks are corrupted In re downloading the game and all so ill let you know in like an hour if the problem wasnt fixed

ruby glade
teal mist
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Yes

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I asked alot of people yesterday so I got a little less descriptive

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with my explanation mb

ruby glade
# teal mist Yes

Then redownloading might not fix your problem
If it doesn't, go to the .workshop folder in Arma installation folder (it's hidden, so you must enable Show Hidden Files in Explorer)
Find the symlinked folder and delete it (folder name is similar to the name of the mod on workshop, probably starting with @)
Next, get the mod ID (from workshop page address), go the the steam workshop folder and delete the folder (whose name is the mod ID)

dire latch
#

This may be a better place to ask since this is the Launcher specific section. But, since the 24th of April I have been unable to load any mod presets downloaded from the 24th and onwards, I have attempted to Verify my Files, Reinstall the game, and Restart my PC with no luck. I seem to be the only one having this issue but I would still like it to be fixed anywho, if anyone could provide assistance, I would be extremely appreciative. Thanks!

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The error in question is, "Unable to Import Preset"

grim obsidian
#

Hey all. Is there a way to auto-start a mission in the launcher? I thought I had done this before or read about it years ago, but I can't seem to find it. I can auto-load the mission, but auto-start would just save another step, I guess. When testing a vehicle over and over it gets slightly annoying doing that one extra step every time.

latent sonnet
grim obsidian
#

No I was trying to be even more lazy than that by having the mission start right away, but thank you.

drowsy junco
#

-autotest

limber jackal
#

Is there a way to open the diag exe through the launcher? I see this was asked about by Polpox two years ago, but I don't see any support for it yet.

sterile moth
#

One easiest way is rename the diag exe into arma3_x64.exe

fallow flower
#

is there a way to delete all mods that are not enabled on the launcher?

night wren
fallow flower
primal acorn
#

Hello, a friend has just uploaded a mod to the workshop, and we're trying to add it to our server. the key is on the server and the launcher shows the server requiring the mod, but it doesn't automatically obtain the mod like others...it shows in red "Choose Action" instead...might anyone know what could be wrong? did we upload the mod to the workshop wrong somehow?

spark tangle
#

Hello everyone since yesterday I have a problem with Arma, I launch the game from the launcher, it opens a window model viewer, impossible to access the game. thank you for your help.

true vale
#

Hello, sorry to ask but i have a problem with my launcher ! Since i download Reforger and played with a suspicious moddpack on arma 3 (crashed the game btw) after that i just closed normally arma and switch off my pc. since that my launcher still said my game is open but its actually not ! I try everything to fix this. can someone help me please ?

ruby glade
#

If everything's normal, try repairing the game

ruby glade
true vale
ruby glade
true vale
#

I tried everthing

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Not effective

ruby glade
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why?

true vale
ruby glade
#

go to %localappdata%\Arma 3 Launcher and delete everything (except your presets if you need them)

true vale
true vale
#

Thanks for the help !

daring vessel
#

hi, i was playing arma and my headset suddenly unpluged, i reconected the headset and since then i cant get audio to play when i launch the game trough launcher, if i launch it directly trough game files audio works but i dont get mod support and battleye so i cannot play multiplayer or mods, i set everything as administrator, backwards compatible, reseted output, reseted in-game settings, reinstaled the game, disabled mods everything i could think of but nothing :(

ruby glade
daring vessel
#

no

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i fixed it somehow

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i just kept unpluging it and plugging it in

orchid sandal
#

how do you find the modpacks in the files?

rugged wolf
#

Not sure what you mean exactly with "modpacks in the files". If you subscribe to a collection of mods in Steam, then they will be downloaded individually by the launcher when you start it. It will end up in your Steam Library on your disk somewhere like : SteamLibrary\steamapps\workshop. There is a folder for where it temporarily stores it while downloading. Once finished it ends up in a content folder, and a subsequent folder inside it using the ModID number used by Steam. Those number ModID folders will be symbolically linked inside the hidden Arma_rootfolder/!Workshop. It will show the proper name of the mod as filename.

fluid mortar
#

does anyone know why does my connection time out for a few minutes after opening the srver browser

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server*

rugged wolf
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When you load in the serverbrowser it starts contacting those servers for a ping request. That might be throttled by your firewall or virusscanner. Or simply be too much for your computer to handle at that short period.

nova nest
#

why does when i open it up in steam it pulls up my notepad

rugged wolf
#

I suggest you verify the game in Steam. This should not happen. Uninstall and reinstall perhaps if verification does not solve it. Does this happen with other games too? Or just Arma 3 (launcher)?

obsidian dagger
#

anyone know how to load same mods to FASTER which are in the Arma 3!Workshop folder ?

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i tried the importing of arma launcher file but I think FASTER can't find the files

languid siren
ashen heath
#

Anyone know of the issue where deleted presets are not fully deleted and return on next startup?

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seems that only way to fully remove them is to physically delete the file the localappdata/arma3launcher/presets

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Zombie preset still there after deletion.

unknown.png
steady token
#

What does this means?

unknown.png
ruby glade
#

go to launcher options and set the default page to Mods

stable oxide
lyric elm
#

delete that file, your keybindings will get lost

pure wasp
#

Any reason why the game won’t get past this loading screen the game is frozen and no key bing I press lets me have access to my mouse

FCF93144-A23F-49A3-BB2D-B99D26EED8DF.jpg
ruby glade
delicate briar
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I need urgent help with this

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One of my friends can't install presets

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He hits the import button, imports the pack and it says

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"Unable to import preset"

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I notice people in this discord have this issue, and there has been no solution thus far

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He's tried verification of files, reinstalling arma, nothing works so far.

broken shard
#

@delicate briar has he tried a different preset?

delicate briar
broken shard
#

Huh, already tried verifying game files?

delicate briar
#

initial

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report

broken shard
#

ah derp

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sorry not sure then

grand fiber
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I got a problem.

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I cant export a modpack

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But no one can download it, even if they do the download button on the file.

sterile moth
#

I can export a modpack
What and how?
even if they do the download button on the file
What and how?

grand fiber
#

So when i send a modlist to my frieds

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friends

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the download button

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they press it

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but it doesnt actually instal the file

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it just opens it in the broswer

grand fiber
grand fiber
broken shard
grand fiber
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Right hand corner, to the left of the two arrows.

broken shard
#

ye and that just opens the browser?

grand fiber
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yep

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doesnt download the file

broken shard
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ah ye

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open it in browser and press ctrl+s

grand fiber
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ah

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thanks

broken shard
#

πŸ‘

grand fiber
#

@broken shard

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doesnt work

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throws an error of unable to import preset

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nvm

broken shard
grand fiber
#

just got to make it html only

stray monolith
#

just wanted to ask if any of you guys know whats going wrong. whenever i launch up arma it gives me this error message, it only happens when i have a certain set of mods, so i could just remove them, but i want to use them, so i'd appreciate some help

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lament yacht
#

kat is probably KAT medical. Message usually means that the PBO prefix wasn't set correctly when the mod was built. I don't know if you've rebuilt this mod yourself or what.

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Possibly you're loading two mods with the x/kat prefix that are incompatible.

river torrent
#

For the record, i think it could be just about any mod or script trying to use that file path, but it makes sense to look at whatever the KAT mod is first.

stray monolith
#

thanks, but i immediately ran into another issue which says i need AR, any idea what that is?

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broken shard
stray monolith
#

they're private, so unfortunately i cant

lament yacht
#

Oh, these are badly-built modpacks or something...

stray monolith
#

i might've fixed it actually

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i think it was advanced rappelling that was needed

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nevermind

broken shard